Category Archives: Festival dishes
Sweet rava appam recipe – How to make semolina jaggery appam recipe – Krishna Jayanthi recipes
Sweet rava appam is a very delicious and easy appam recipe made with rava and jaggery and which can be done instantly too. Traditionally appams are deep fried, but can also be done in the paniyaram pan. Sweet appams is one of the neivedyam dish for festivals like Krishna Jayanthi and Karthigai deepam in Tamil
Avalakki or aval ladoo (poha ladoo) recipe – Janmashtami/Krishna Jayanthi recipes
Avalakki or aval ladoo is a easy sweet recipe made from poha/flattened rice, sugar, ghee, nuts and raisins. You can also make this ladoo with jaggery instead of sugar. Both the ladoos are excellent tastewise and also quick to make. I thought of posting this easy recipe for beginners as well as working woman, as I
Besan ladoo recipe in Microwave – how to make besan ladoo in microwave (microwave recipes)
Besan ladoo is a very popular and delicious Indian dessert made with gram flour, sugar, ghee and nuts and is made especially during festive and special occasions. Microwave besan ladoo recipe is a quick version of besan ladoo which can be prepared in less than 30 minutes. Traditionally, for making besan ladoos, gram flour or besan is roasted in
Candy sugar or rock candy kheer or aval kalkandu payasam recipe – kheer recipes
Candy sugar or rock candy (rock sugar) kheer is a tasty kheer recipe made with flattened rice and rock candy and garnished with nuts. Rock candy is also called as kalkhand and are relatively large sugar crystals. It is also regarded as having medicinal properties. In this recipe, I have used flattened rice or poha to
Panaka or panakam recipe (jaggery and pepper flavoured drink) – Rama Navami recipes
Panaka or panakam is a traditional indian drink which is prepared on Ram Navami. Ram Navami is a hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Rama. Panaka is offered as naivedya or prasad to Lord Ram. It is also called as panakam in Andhra Pradesh. Panaka or panakam is a festive sweet drink made from
Badam halwa recipe – how to make badam or almond halwa recipe
Badam or almond halwa is a very rich and delicious Indian sweet made with blanched and pureed almonds, ghee and sugar. It can be prepared on any festive occasions like ugadi, diwali, holi or lakshmi puja. Badam halwa can be had on any normal day too as almonds are healthy. They are a good source of nutrients and
Rasmalai recipe – how to make rasmalai recipe – Instant bengali rasmalai recipe
Rasmalai is a delicious Indian dessert and one of the most popular Bengal sweet made from spongy chenna or cottage cheese balls (rasgullas) which are soaked in saffron flavoured sweetened milk. This recipe is a instant recipe made from readymade rasgullas and condensed milk and can be prepared in 15-20 minutes. Rasmalai is best served chilled
Rasgulla recipe – how to make spongy homemade rasgulla recipe – Indian dessert recipes
Rasgulla is a syrupy, popular and delicious dessert made from ball shaped dumplings of chenna (Indian cottage cheese) and cooked in light sugar syrup. The spongy white rasgulla is believed to have been introduced in present-day West Bengal. The traditional Odisha rasgullas are softer and creamish in colour than Bengali rasgullas. The Bengali rasgullas are whitish and rubbery.